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Kevin Glenn still wants to be a starting quarterback in the Canadian Football League.

But, 48 hours after the crushing disappointment of losing to the Toronto Argonauts in Sunday’s 100th Grey Cup game at the Rogers Centre, the Calgary Stampeders quarterback wasn’t about to send any ultimatums to his team — a stark contrast to the last time the Stampeders cleaned out their locker-room at season’s end, when Henry Burris made it clear 12 months ago he would not return to the team as a backup to Drew Tate.

Glenn, who was 10-5 as a starter in relief of the injured Tate during the regular season, and then picked him up again in the playoffs, winning the West final in Vancouver after Tate fractured a bone in his arm in the West semi, said Tuesday that there’s more to consider than merely one’s status as a starting quarterback, and he won’t begin pondering the various scenarios until he’s had a chance to decompress from the Grey Cup.

“I would be lying if I didn’t say that I think I’m a starting quarterback in this league. I am,” said Glenn. “If you’re quarterbacking and you don’t think that, then there’s something wrong. I will say that.

“There’s a lot going through my mind right now from the game, the season. Maybe we can talk at a later date? But honestly, truthfully, there’s so much stuff going through my mind — you try not to think about that stuff right now. You want to relax a little bit and go home and enjoy the family. Then you start thinking about that stuff.”

Tate is under contract, so it would either be a matter of being released or traded.

Both scenarios would seem unlikely in light of two factors. First, Tate has yet to prove he can play a full season injury-free, meaning a backup of Glenn’s calibre is crucially important. As well, there’s the 2013 expansion draft to consider as the new Ottawa team stocks its cupboard; teams will only be allowed to protect one quarterback for the first round, so it would seem possible that the Stamps might want to keep Glenn as an insurance policy and make him available to Ottawa in a year’s time.

“All your decisions as we go forward, (the expansion draft) will be part of the decision-making process,” said Stamps coach and GM John Hufnagel. “We know how the expansion draft works and we’ll want to protect all of the positions on the football field, not just the quarterback.

“Right now he’s under contract to come back and I expect Kevin to be at training camp. A lot of things can happen, but I have no preconceived thoughts of him not being anywhere else but a Stampeder. I haven’t talked to him since the game, but I’m assuming he wants to be back.”

In fact, Glenn is hardly ruling it out. While starting is important, there are other factors to consider, he said on Tuesday, including job satisfactions and enjoyment of one’s surroundings.

“I mean, I enjoy this team and I really enjoyed this season with this team, regardless of the situation that went on (with the starting job),” said Glenn. “I really, truly enjoyed playing with this team. Sometimes you don’t always get that. And that could be the most important thing sometimes. I like Dave (Dickenson) as an offensive co-ordinator and I like what we do on offence. You have to weigh all those things. And the chance to win a ring brings a lot to the equation. That’s what we play this game for. We play to win that ultimate goal. If you’re not in the business because of that, then something’s wrong.”

Tate, who will open training camp 2013 at the top of the quarterbacking depth chart (his arm should be fully healed in a few weeks), has said constantly that Glenn has been a joy to work with and to learn from, and would love to see him back in Calgary for a 13th CFL season.

“Whatever is best for Kevin and his family — I don’t think it’s my place to say anything on that,” said Tate. “I hope he is back. I hope everyone is back; it would make us pretty tough because we have a lot of good guys on this team and a lot of them are pretty young. I don’t think the white horse is too worried about anything.”

As for Glenn? Ultimately, the decision will be out of his control, although he can certainly ask for a trade if he believes he’d be better served by moving on. But that decision is for another day.

“I haven’t really thought about it,” he said. “I mean, I’m under contract and I’m a Calgary Stampeder. In this business, that’s where it stands until something changes. As a player, you never know what’s going to happen. At this point? I leave (the 2012 season) as a Calgary Stampeder and I’ll hopefully come back as a Calgary Stampeder. If not? That’s just the way the business rolls.”

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